Systematic Leader

Bobby Hedglin-Taylor is a renowned trapesist, author, and broadway stunt designer. In this interview Bobby talks about how he used writing to help process his mother’s death. You’ll also learn how he has struggled with money and what he has done to right his financial ship.

Highlights from the interview:

• What movie character Bobby most identifies with.
• Why the pandemic has spurred a complete reorganization of his life.
• How he makes pivots in his career.
• Dealing with hip surgery because of his profession of being an aerial acrobat.
• The importance of developing daily routines to help you deal with life and career.
• Why he realized that he wasn’t being the full human that he could be.
• What he did to get through the struggle of his mom’s death.
• Why he wrote a book about some of the crazy stuff his mom would say as she struggled with dementia.
• How he dealt with money issues because he lived an artist’s life.
• What he is currently doing with the money he makes.
• The great part about starting a side hustle.
• Building things that you are passionate about into your schedule, so you actually do them.
• How he writes while he works full-time.
• Building in little pockets to check in with where he is at with his projects.
• What his greatest struggle is right now.
• The power of mind-mapping out your project plans.
• How to stay focused on your essential work.
• Finding people who can support your passion project.
• Getting feedback from people who can build you up instead of tear you down.
• Favorite book, podcast, speaker and essential tool they use to stay focused on their important projects.

You can learn about Bobby’s aerial design work over at his website. You can also check out his book #Sh*tmymamasays (Amazon Link).

And as always if you have any questions or want to submit a guest for the podcast that you think would be amazing just reach out on Dig to Fly and I’ll do my best to get them on. If you love the interview please take 30 seconds to rate the Dig to Fly podcast on your favorite platform. Thanks!

Charmaine Fuller is a life strategist for special needs moms. In this interview you’ll learn how you can apply her self care routines into your life and business to help you recharge your internal battery.

Highlights from the interview:

• Why she got made fun of for being too happy as a kid.
• Why she wants to help other moms who have special needs kids.
• Why she hired help so she could focus on the important things.
• How she was able to help her son when he had a seizure.
• How she got out of the “why me” thought pattern.
• Why getting made at her kids wasn’t helping with her relationship with her children.
• Understanding the stories she tells herself and how she deals with them.
• Her team of people that help her deal with her daily struggles/issues.
• How to use gratitude to ground you.
• What she does when she starts to feel overwhelmed.
• How she shows herself self love.
• What victory journaling is and how to use it.
• Making time to celebrate will help you build resilience.
• You are going to fail, it’s the nature of life.
• Understanding that nothing happens as you plan it.
• Give yourself permission to fail in flow.
• How she is shifting to meet the needs for her new clients.
• She is an introvert and then how she shifts into an introvert depending on who she is with.
• What she is like at networking events.
• How she peels away her inner armor to be more authentic in her business.
• Why she likes to float tanks to help her get in touch with herself.
• Digging into her self worth.
• Why she asked herself what she really likes in her thirties.
• Understanding the stories that we believe because it was passed down to our parents.
• Favorite book, podcast, speaker, and tool she uses to stay focused on important work.

You can learn about Charmiane over The Charmed Life. You can also check out her Facebook page too.

And as always if you have any questions or want to submit a guest for the podcast that you think would be amazing just reach out on Dig to Fly and I’ll do my best to get them on. If you love the interview please take 30 seconds to rate the Dig to Fly podcast on your favorite platform. Thanks!

Jenny Blake is an entrepreneur, speaker and author. She teaches people to build businesses that help them live a full life instead of a busy one. In this interview you’ll learn how she creates time to do the things that she loves.

Highlights from the interview:

• What she was like as a nine-year-old.
• Creating the time to take care of herself.
• Why she wants to be slow to respond to emails.
• Her evening routine she uses to recharge herself.
• How the pandemic disrupted her business and what she did to boost her income.
• Going through challenges herself and how she creates order from the chaos.
• Her process for building businesses.
• Having triggers that help you listen to what is going on in your life and slowing down.
• Taking responsibility for her emotions, so we can learn from them.
• How she deals with burnout.
• She sees burnout as inevitable and how she views it in her career.
• What movie character is she most like and why she identifies with this character.
• We talk about her love of systems and automation.
• What is her greatest weakness and how she navigates it.
• Designing systems to work less.
• How she looks at the idea of failure.
• How she dealt with an email issue from an important reporter who wanted to do a story on her and her new book coming out.
• The excitement she feels around designing systems.
• The constant steady refinement she uses to improve her businesses.
• She describes the importance of getting an outside perspective on her ideas.
• Creating a regular reflection process to help grow your career.
• The cool part of Jenny’s brain and how she tackles problem.
• The ultimate test of your systems.
• Why overrefinning ideas can hurt your progress.
• How she connects with her authentic self.
• Jenny’s favorite book, speaker, and work tool.

You can learn about Jenny over at her site It’s Free Time. You can also get the Free Time book on Amazon. Check her out on LinkedIn and Twitter as well.

And as always if you have any questions or want to submit a guest for the podcast that you think would be amazing just reach out on Dig to Fly and I’ll do my best to get them on. If you love the interview please take 30 seconds to rate the Dig to Fly podcast on your favorite platform. Thanks!

Omar Brownson is an entrepreneur, podcaster, former city planner and gratitude fanatic. In this interview you’ll learn about how you can be more present and show up as your authentic self in your career and life the way that makes you happy.

Highlights from the interview:

• Why he paused to go inward to help him understand the direction of a big city project.
• How he changed his career direction with a silent retreat.
• How can you do great things in the world, but not be attached to the outcome.
• Why meditation didn’t work well for him at first and how he adjusted his practice.
• Becoming mindful instead of meditation.
• The fundamental shift that occurred with his gratitude practice.
• How he processes his anger
• How we are raised determines a lot of the stories we tell ourselves.
• Why his mom never heard “I love you”
• How letting go has helped him make his heart bigger.
• Creating a soft heart.
• How his daughter showed him how he is growing as a father and human being.
• Putting down his internal baggage.
• How he would like to see our culture shift toward being more present so we have more compassion and empathy in our lives.
• Relationship to ourselves and our planet.
• The practice that works for you is the one to use.
• How do we practice more in community to support each other.
• How the pace of change only occurs as fast as we are able to change within ourselves.
• Fierce gratitude helps us see what we take for granted.
• How to deal with the discomfort of getting a regular paycheck.
• How gratitude helps him deal with his fear.
• How to swing for the fences.
• Dealing with the stress of Covid.
• Dealing with Zoom smile fatigue.
• Omar’s favorite things.

You can learn about Omar over at his website Gratitude Blooming. You can also connect with him on LinkedIn and see how he helps people bring more gratitude into their lives.

And as always if you have any questions or want to submit a guest for the podcast that you think would be amazing just reach out on Dig to Fly and I’ll do my best to get them on. If you love the interview please take 30 seconds to rate the Dig to Fly podcast on your favorite platform. Thanks!

In this interview you’ll get to hear from Mike Michalowicz who is a best-selling author and creative business person who has found unique ways to build partnerships. During this interview you’ll learn about how you can utilize your values to help you focus on what matters to you.

Highlights from the interview:

• Why Mike went all in on becoming a business writer.
• How to figure out if you should listen to someone’s advice.
• What he does to create a business around a book.
• How he has developed the seasons of his business.
• How to develop a unique idea that works well for your business.
• How he came up with the idea for his book, Profit First.
• Why books are so valuable to a business.
• Why people only discover books when they are ready to apply the ideas within it.
• The importance of respecting his time as he gets more opportunities.
• Breadth vs. Depth.
• How he structures his team to focus his business in the right direction.
• Why he is guided by his values.
• How he reminds himself of his mission every morning.
• A rule that he has and why he as it.
• Why he write down his objective and intentions every year.
• His mission of eradicating entrepreneur poverty because entrepreneurs don’t pay themselves first and it’s a huge mistake.
• He breaks down his morning routine to help us understand how he accomplishes his goals.
• Why he meditates every single day.
• What meditation he practices.
• How he lost his speaking business overnight due to the pandemic and what he did to pivot his business.
• Why he got into children’s authorship.
• Why you should check out his latest book.

You can learn about Mike over at his website Mike Michalowicz. You can check out his latest book, Get Different: Marketing That Can't Be Ignored! (Amazon link). You can also learn more about him on LinkedIn.

And as always if you have any questions or want to submit a guest for the podcast that you think would be amazing just reach out on Dig to Fly and I’ll do my best to get them on. If you love the interview please take 30 seconds to rate the Dig to Fly podcast on your favorite platform. Thanks!

A Dig to Fly interview with Mike Kim. He is the author of You Are the Brand. He is also a business coach and marketing strategist who specializes in personal branding. In this interview you’ll learn about how to break down your mental walls and how to build a personal brand that stands out.

Highlights from the interview:

• How Mike made the shift from running a church music program into starting his business.
• How he used past soft skills to grow his business.
• Understanding our identity and figuring out how to break it to do work he loves.
• Why he obsessed over baseball cards as a kid.
• Meeting famous/rich people who aren’t fulfilled.
• How to build a career you love.
• Taking ownership of your life.
• Deprogramming the things that we were taught to us and how to shift your mindset to a more positive one.
• How to view your opportunities.
• Understanding how to cultivate motivation and take action on the important tasks.
• Why he takes cold showers.
• Finding fulfilling work.
• Prioritizing values to help him guide his choices.
• What happened when he realized that he was working too much.
• Why he stopped working on Fridays.
• Understanding and addressing your fears.
• Knowing who your biggest enemy is.
• How our choices define who we are.
• The importance of loving yourself.
• Why the focus of building relationships has opened his world up.
• His favorite book, podcast, speaker and tool that he uses to stay focused.

You can learn about Mike over at his website Mike Kim. You can check out his book, You Are the Brand (Amazon link). You can also connect with him on LinkedIn.

And as always if you have any questions or want to submit a guest for the podcast that you think would be amazing just reach out on Dig to Fly and I’ll do my best to get them on. If you love the interview please take 30 seconds to rate the Dig to Fly podcast on your favorite platform. Thanks!

Rochelle Moulton is the author of Authority Code and the founder of a business that turns consultants into authorities in their industry. In this interview you’ll learn about how she focused on the essential tasks/projects to do work you love and get great results in your business.

Highlights from the interview:

• What she was like as a nine year old and how it has influenced her today.
• Why she hated her job after loving it and what she did to improve her situation.
• What wasn’t working for her.
• Why living a purposeful life was so important to her.
• How to build the mental muscle so you can do things you love.
• Finding the balance between taking on clients you love vs taking them on for the money.
• How to say no to opportunities that don’t align with your values.
• Finding your genius zone so you can grow your career.
• How she helps people by teaching people in groups.
• Why she struggled with understanding what she had to say.
• How to get comfortable with your voice.
• How to get comfortable with marketing yourself.
• How she describes her inner voice.
• The importance of listening first.
• Knowing when to listen and when to speak up.
• How to break out of your shell.
• How many self help books she read to help her develop her foundation.
• When to listen to feedback and when not to.
• Authority is about building on your strengths.
• Why she meditates every single day.
• How to make positive change in your life.
• The things she is passionate about in her business.
• How she found an amazing podcast partner on social media.
• Her favorite book, podcast, speaker and tool she uses.

You can learn about Rochelle over at her website Rochelle Moulton. You can also check out her book Authority Code (Amazon link). You can also connect with her on LinkedIn as well.

And as always if you have any questions or want to submit a guest for the podcast that you think would be amazing just reach out on Dig to Fly and I’ll do my best to get them on. If you love the interview please take 30 seconds to rate the Dig to Fly podcast on your favorite platform. Thanks!

Ryan Hawk is an entrepreneur, author and podcaster. In this interview you’ll learn how he built up his podcast audience, creates a dynamic presentation that delivers a ton of value and works through his writing struggles as he is working on a book.

Highlights from the interview:

• How Ryan likes to recharge his internal battery.
• The importance of leaning into feeling uncomfortable to grow his career.
• How he digs deep to create great work.
• The thoughts that hold us back.
• How to figure out if you should run toward something that scares you.
• Utilizing thought experiments to figure out what will work and what won’t.
• Testing out ideas on small groups.
• Developing a talk that helps deliver a lot of value.
• Understanding the rhythms of your personality so you can be productive and happy.
• Why does he takes long walks by himself.
• Why he documents the story highlights of his day.
• How to slow time down a little bit, so you can enjoy more of your day.
• Why is he so curious about other people’s stories.
• Align your goals with your values.
• How Bill Walsh looked at competition.
• The importance of humility when working with other people.
• How he navigates his weaknesses.
• How he stays consistent when he is feeling doubt.
• Ryan’s favorite things book, podcast, speaker and favorite tool.

You can learn about Ryan over at his website Learning Leader. You can also check out his podcast Learning Leader. His book Pursuit of Excellence on Amazon.

And as always if you have any questions or want to submit a guest for the podcast that you think would be amazing just reach out on Dig to Fly and I’ll do my best to get them on. If you love the interview please take 30 seconds to rate the Dig to Fly podcast on your favorite platform. Thanks!

Vicky Hsu is the founder of Habitica. A company that focuses on helping people gamify their habits to make lasting change. In this interview we deep dive into Vicky’s mindset and what she has learned about building good habits.

Highlights from the interview:

• How she got into the habits arena.
• Habit RPG.
• What she was like as a nine year old.
• What she was made fun of as a kid and how it turned into a superpower.
• How she reflects and figuring out if she is in a good position to go to 100% when she needs it.
• You can’t go 100% all the time.
• Finding restorative and positive actions.
• Finding things that align with our personality that we can leverage to help with our energy and/or career.
• What movie character is most like the voice in her head.
• Her persona that she is using now.
• Balancing work and play to help create a healthy life.
• How her biggest weakness of distractibility influences her life and career.
• Why doesn't she take a nap after drinking coffee.
• What project is energizing her right now.
• How to balance out her employees productivity and happiness.
• Why playfulness is so important to building good habits.
• Understanding the idea of a habit and actually doing the thing.
• Developing your vision of where you want to go and how to develop habits that align with your vision.
• Why do athletes have coaches?
• The importance of experimenting with different habits that fit your personality.
• How to craft your own habit that fits your personality to achieve the success that you desire.
• Vicky’s favorite book, podcast, speaker and tool to stay focused on the important things.
• What makes her better is figuring out how to make her team better.

You can learn about Vicky over at Habitica. The app that she is developing people to improve their habits. You can also connect with her on LinkedIn to grow your careers together.

And as always if you have any questions or want to submit a guest for the podcast that you think would be amazing just reach out on Dig to Fly and I’ll do my best to get them on. If you love the interview please take 30 seconds to rate the Dig to Fly podcast on your favorite platform. Thanks!

Jeffrey Davis is the author and founder of Tracking Wonder. In this interview you’ll learn how to build your resilience by noticing and tracking the small things that grab your interest. It will help you prime your mind and awareness to improve your day.

Highlights from the interview:

• How Jeffrey used his strengths as a kid to grow his career as a researcher.
• Bruce Springsteen’s personality.
• The heart of Jeffrey’s research.
• How a butterfly helped him find meaning in a difficult situation.
• Carol Dweck’s research on Growth Mindset.
• What helps people derive meaning and fulfillment out of life.
• Guiding your curiosity.
• What positives come out of curiosity.
• Why wonderment and bewilderment are connected.
• How we can experience breakthroughs during trying times.
• Broaden your mind’s ability to derive solutions from a difficult situation.
• The importance of broadening your social connections to get support through a tough time.
• The importance of a quest.
• Jeffrey asks me about my quest around Dig to Fly.
• How Jeffrey processed and weathered his father's passing.
• Pausing his business when his father was passing.
• Using reflection to pull out and evaluate your present course.
• How to view customers, clients, community, friends as heroes to help you make a mindset shift.
• How to reframe difficult people, so we can make better decisions.
• Morning practices that help him navigate his difficulties.
• Why he moves toward challenges.
• Why are we so afraid to stand out and how can we embrace it.
• The reality of your fears are usually way overblown.
• Jeffrey's favorite things.

You can learn about Jeffrey over at his website - Tracking Wonder. You can get his book, Tracking Wonder on Amazon. You can also check him out on LinkedIn and connect with him.

And as always if you have any questions or want to submit a guest for the podcast that you think would be amazing just reach out on Dig to Fly and I’ll do my best to get them on. If you love the interview please take 30 seconds to rate the Dig to Fly podcast on your favorite platform. Thanks!